Nili Block

Nili Block (; born January 16, 1995) is a professional Muay Thai and kickboxing fighter. She is a four-time Muay Thai and two-time kickboxing world champion representing Israel.

Early life Born in Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States, Nili is one of six siblings to a dentist father and homemaker mother. Nili describes herself as a "traditional" or "observant" Jew They settled and now live in the religious neighborhood of Ramat Beit Shemesh in Beit Shemesh, Israel. She gave up the sport in 2012 in order to focus more fully on a single sport: Muay Thai.

In 2013, in 12th grade, as a student at "Amit Noga" ulpana in Beit Shemesh, a high school for Orthodox girls,

As her sports are not supported by Olympic-style budgets, Nili cleans homes and delivers newspapers to pay for her travel and training. She said: "It is such a good feeling [being a champion].... it's so special to become a symbol in the world as a Jew and as an Israeli. They didn't expect me to win, coming from such a small country. Who would have expected it?"

That year, in July she also won a bronze medal in Muay Thai at the 2017 World Games in Wroclaw, Poland, taking third in the women's 60 kg Muay Thai event. 2024 ISKA Oriental rules World Lightweight (-60 kg) Champion

Amateur World Association of Kickboxing Organizations 2014 WAKO Kickboxing European Championships K-1 (-60 kg) - Bronze Medal 2015 WAKO Kickboxing World Championships K-1 (-60 kg) - Gold Medal International Federation of Muaythai Amateur 2014 IFMA European Championships (-60 kg) - Gold Medal 2016 IFMA World Championships (-60 kg) - Gold Medal 2017 IFMA European Championships (-60 kg) - Gold Medal 2018 IFMA World Championship (-60 kg) - Gold Medal 2018 FISU Muaythai World Championships (-60 kg) - Gold Medal 2018 IFMA European Championships (-60 kg) - Gold Medal 2018 EMF Antalya Open (-60 kg) - Gold Medal 2019 IFMA World Championship (-60 kg) - Gold Medal 2019 IFMA European Championships (-60 kg) - Gold Medal World Games 2017 World Games Muay Thai (-60 kg) - Bronze Medal 2022 World Games Muay Thai (-60 kg) - Silver Medal

Sambo Fédération Internationale de Sambo 2024 FIAS World Sambo Cup in Kyrgyzstan Combat Sambo 65 kg Silver Medal

Mixed martial arts record Win

Stefani de Macedo TKO (punches) FFC 104

Lima, Peru Muay Thai and Kickboxing record